Clade Elephantimorpha Tassy and Shoshani 1997 (proboscidean)
Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to W. von Koenigswald et al. 2023
See also Mothé et al. 2016, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Shoshani et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotherioidea, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia
Subtaxa: Elephantida Eritreaum Eritreum Mammutida Mammutidae
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser